Photos, illustrations, and information on the riverfront area of Kansas City, also known as the Levee or Westport Landing in the early to middle 1800s and later known as the River Market, City Market (especially...

File containing an article about the first settlers on the riverfront area of Kansas City, Francois and Berenice Chouteau in 1821, listing some of their descendants still in the city in 1935, including...

In 1838 a road from Westport, four miles south, was cut through the wilderness along part of present Main Street, to the foot of Main Street, connecting with the steamboat landing right where the present...